Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own with a sperm donor is derailed when she falls in love with John, an older married professor, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But three years later, married to John with one daughter, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex-wife are actually perfect for each other?
- 5.7
- 2016
- Released
- 1h 38m
Greta Gerwig
Maggie Hardin
Ethan Hawke
John Harding
Julianne Moore
Georgette Nørgaard
Bill Hader
Tony
Maya Rudolph
Felicia
Travis Fimmel
Guy Childers
Mina Sundwall
Justine Harding
Jackson Frazer
Paul Harding
Ida Rohatyn
Lily Harding
Wallace Shawn
Kliegler
Alex Morf
Al Bentwaithe
Sue Jean Kim
KomikoMonte Greene
MaxFredi Walker-Browne
BeverlyGeorge Ashiotis
Blind Man
Brendan Titley
Shakespearean Actor
Stephen Lin
Shakespearean Actor's LoverAngela Trento
Debbie Waserman
Kathleen Hanna
Québécois Female Singer
Tommy Buck
Québécois Female SingerLeetopher Scott
Restaurant Waiter (uncredited)
Released
en
$2,000,000.00
$3,400,000.00
- #new york city
- #professor
- #chinatown
- #intellectual
- #marriage
- #quebec
- #anthropology
- #best friend
- #university
- #love affair
- #brooklyn, new york city
- #ex-husband ex-wife relationship
- #older man younger man relationship
- #wanting a baby
- #woman director
- #married life
- #blended family
- #book writing
- #adulterous affair
- #academic
- #married with children
Reviews
**Returning a product to the previous owner!** Kind of a refreshing romance-drama on the cheating/divorce theme. Written and directed by Rebecca Miller. A great comeback after the six years of gap, but not a masterstroke. The casting was very impressive, particularly it was Greta Gerwig's typical film. I mean, if you enjoy watching her films, then you would do the same for it. On the other hand
A SCREEN ZEALOTS REVIEW www.screenzealots.com In the latest indie to set itself out as an ‘intelligent’ alternative to the classic formulaic rom-com, “Maggie’s Plan” aims high, makes a strong effort, but sadly fails. It feels like another one of Woody Allen’s more cleverless films, one that has decent enough writing but struggles to elicit any genuine laughs.(This film is written and directed b